Modal properties and modal control in vertically emitting annular Bragg lasers
Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 25, pp. 17323-17333 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.017323
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Abstract
The modal properties, including the resonant vertical radiation, of a type of laser structures based on the annular Bragg resonance (ABR) are studied in detail. The modal threshold gains and the resonance frequencies of such lasers are obtained from the derived governing characteristic equation. Two kinds of ABR lasers, one with a π/2 phase shift in the outer grating and the other without, are analyzed. It is numerically demonstrated that, it’s possible to get a large-area, high-efficiency, single defect mode lasing in ABR lasers if we choose the kind without a π/2 phase shift in the outer grating and also a device size smaller than a critical value.
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OCIS Codes
(130.0130) Integrated optics : Integrated optics
(140.5960) Lasers and laser optics : Semiconductor lasers
(230.1480) Optical devices : Bragg reflectors
(250.7270) Optoelectronics : Vertical emitting lasers
ToC Category:
Rings, Disks, and Other Cavities
History
Original Manuscript: September 5, 2007
Revised Manuscript: November 1, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: November 28, 2007
Published: December 10, 2007
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Citation
Xiankai Sun and Amnon Yariv, "Modal properties and modal control in vertically emitting annular Bragg lasers," Opt. Express 15, 17323-17333 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-25-17323
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